Stocking suspender



3m 1, 1924 Lmmw H. S. JONES STOCKING SUSPENDER Filed Nov. 16, 1922 HTTO/P/VEX Patented den. l, i924.

rennet HUGH SNOWIE JONES, OF LANCASTER GATE, LONDON, ENGLAND.

STOCKING SUSPENDER.

Application filed November 18, 1922. Serial No. 601,395.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HUGE SNowrr. Jones,

a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Lancaster Gate, Lon- England, have invented Stocking Suspenders, of which the following is a speclncation.

This invention relates to suspenders for ra' ies, gentlemens or childrens stockings, scclis, thelike, and consistsin provid- Hg means for locking the device against accidential disengagement while enabling it to be readily released when desired.

d is attained by providing a lip or .ok at near the lower end or" the usual hole-shaped member and a metallic ring ring, loop or the like attached by a .hort length of elastic fabric or equivalent -ilient means to the upper end of the key- .nce shaped member. The resilient attachment of th metallic ring is so dimensioned that rhen it is slightly stretched the said ring will catch in the lip or hook with its lower edge and at the same time will bear with its upper edge against the usual studlike projection which slides in the keyholeshaped slot, thereby preventing the said projection from sliding up into the wide pe t of the slot until the ring is released so from the hook.

To enable the ring to be readily released at will. it may be provided with a tab, which may be in the form of a knob or any little ornament by means of which it can easily 35 be drawn doi'vnwards and then forwards.

In order that this invention and the manwhich it operates may be clearly unod it is illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, wherein 49 1 1 is a perspective view'of the suspender as a whole, in the open position;

Fig. 2- is a front elevation of the sus 5 pend r when closed and locked;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the keyholeshaped member provided with an upturned p;

Figs. 4 and 5 show alternative forms of the locking ring;

Figs, 6 and 7 show, 111 front and side elevation. respectively, a keyhole-shaped member having a modified form or" hook;

Figs. 8 and 9 are similar views showing a third form of hook.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a keyhole shaped member formed of bent wire.

In these drawings, a is the usual backing member, provided with a stud-like projection 6, adapted to slide in a keyhole-shaped slot 0 in the member d, which has an upturned lip or hook c at or near its lower or narrow end. is a ring of metal or other suitable material attached by a short strip 9 of elastic fabric to the upper end of the member 03. The backing member a may if desired also be made of elastic fabric, and in that case the strip 9 and the backing member a may conveniently be made in one piece, passed through one or more slot-s in the upper end of the member (Z and suitably secured in position. Furthermore the same piece of elastic material may also if preferred serve for attaching the abovementioned parts to the suspension member, which is not shown in the drawing. 7?. is a tab by which the ring 7 is pulled down for the purpose of locking or unlocking the device.

InLFigs. 1 and 2, is shown as a plain ring It may however be provided with a slot for the tab, as shown in Flgs. 4C and 5; and,'i;t' desired, with a second slot 7:; for the elastic strip, as shown in Fig. 5. Although described as a ring, it need not necessarily be circular but may be semicircular or of any other convenient shape.

The hook 6 may be formed by bending up the lower end of the member d as shown in Figsl, 3 and 10 or by cutting and bending utward's a tongue of metal from the body of the plate cl near its lower end as shown in Figs. 6 and 7; or by making two outs in the lower edge of the member (Z and suitably bending the strips of metal between them, as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9.

In fastening this device, the upper edge of the stocking or sock is passed in the usual way between the backing a and the keyholeshaped member (Z. The stud 5 covered by the edge of the stocking or soc-k, is then pushed through the wide upper end of the slot 0, and slid down into the narrow part. Then in order to prevent the stud b from accidentally returning to the wide part of the slot 0 the ring f is pulled forwards and downwards by means of the tab it, thereby stretching the elastic fabric 9', and the ring 7' is passed over the stud o and the lip 6 so that the tension in the elastic fabric 9 pre vents them from being separated until the ring 7 is again drawn downwards.

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What I claim is 1. A garment suspender of the kind described, comprising a backing member having a stud-like projection, a member having a key-hole shaped slot in which the projection is adaptedto slide, a-hook on the slotted member in the neighbourhood of the narrow end of the slot, and means engaging the hook and the projection to prevent relative movement thereof.

2. A garment suspender of the kind described, comprising a backing member having a stud-like projection, a member having a keyhole-shaped slot in which the projection is adapted to slide, a hook on the slot ted member in the neighbourhood of the narrow end of the slot and a ring connected by a strip of elastic material to the upper end of the slotted member and adapted to tempos over the projection and also over the hook when the said strip is slightly stretched and means for releasing the ring from the hook. Signed at London, England, this 7th day of November, 1922. V

' HUGH SNOWIE JONES. 

